Pulp and liquid pump



June 2, 1936. F. F. VICTORIA PULP AND LIQUID PUMP Filed Nov. 15, 1934 2 sheets-sheet 1Y WN MN n if. f M 0 't W V, S N F N\ m t F \W S h E In@ A mm www Ilkum@ M mk wm ...N -UWE E An Ef Um m s ha@ \Fm n A Q un `lune 2, 1936. 'F F' V|CTOR|A 2,042,641

PULP AND LIQUID PUMP Filed Nov. l5, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 2, 1936 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to pumps and more particularly to a combined liquid and pulp pump adapted particularly for use in connection with fruit crushing or pressing means.

An object of this invention is to provide a pump which is adapted to be disposed beneath a fruit crushing means such as a press or the like for use in crushing grapes or other fermentitious fruits so that the crushed material may be drawn l from the crushing or pressing means in a continuous manner and then deposited into receptacles such as vats or the like where the crushed fruit may ferment.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a device of this kind means whereby the uncrushed portions of the fruit such as stems or the like may be cut as they enter the conveyor so that the conveyor will not clog up on account of the uncrushed portions of the fruit.

A still further object of this invention is to provide in a device of this kind means for moving the material away from the hopper disposed beneath the pressing or crushing means and then forcing the material into pipes through which the material passes to vats or the like.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a device of this kind means whereby the material may be moved away from the press at a relatively rapid rate so that there will not be any clogging of the material.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a combined conveying and material forcing means mounted on a single shaft so that the material may initially be moved away from the press and then forced away from the conveyor'.

The above and various other objects and ad vantages of this invention will in part be described and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section taken substantially through the center of a device constructed according to the preferred embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure' l.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numer- 55 als of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral I0 designates generally a housing which is adapted to be disposed beneath a fruit crushing machine and this housing comprises a cylinder II provided at each end with anges I2 and I3. The cylinder II has a drive shaft I4 disposed concentrically thereof and mounted on this drive shaft I4 is a spiral conveyor generally designated as I5, having a hub I 6 mounted on the shaft I4. Ihe hub I6 is secured against circumferential and longitudinal movement by means .of set screws Il or the like. One end of the drive shaft I4 is adapted to be connected to a source of power supply such as a motor or other power means. An intake member, generally designated as I8, is disposed on one end of the housing I0, the cylinder II being secured thereto by means of bolts I9 or the like.

A supporting means 20 extending below the member I8 forms one means for supporting the housing I0 in a substantially horizontal position beneath a fruit crusher or press. 'This intake member I8 is constructed in the form of an elbow which opens upwardly and a hopper 2i having a flange 22 is secured as by bolts 23 and an ans nulus 24 to the top of the intake member I8. This hopper 2l may be of any suitable size and have its upper end portion so formed as to loosely engage beneath the discharge portion of the Crusher. One end of the shaft I4 is journaled in the intake member I8 bymeans of a bearing structure including a boss 25 carried by the intake member I8 in alinement with the shaft I4 and this boss 25 has a hollow member 26 secured as by bolts 2l disposed loosely about the end of the shaft I4.

The end of the shaft I4 disposed in the bearing housing 2B has a race member 28 secured as by a nut 29 which is threaded onto the end of the shaft I4 and an outer race 36 is disposed in a recess 3| provided in the outer portion of the bearing housing 2G. Anti-friction members 32 are disposed between the two race members 28 and 3|) so as to prevent endwise thrust movement ofthe shaft I4 while at the same time mounting the shaft I4 for free turningmovement. A plate 33 is secured as by bolts 34 to the outer end of the bearing housing 26 and a grease cup 35 is carried by the plate 33, which plate has a lubricating channel therethrough so that a lubricant may be forced into the bearing chamber 36 within the housing 26. A gasket 31 is disposed about the shaft I4 within the bearing housing 26 and a gland member 38 presses against this gasket 3l, being held in tight engagement In this manner, any lubricant within the lubricant chamber 36 will not passv longitudinally of the shaft I4. A second packing or gasket member 48 is disposed about the shaft I4 in a recess 4I provided in the, boss 25 and is held in engagement with the shaft I4 by means of a gland 42 adjusted by means of bolts 43.

Through'the bearing means hereinbefore described, one end of the shaft I4 is journaled in the intake member lI8 and the shaft permitted to freely rotate relative to the intake member I8 and the housing I while any lubricant used for the thrust bearing will not be permitted to ilow along the shaft I4 into the intake member I8 and the second gland and packing member will prevent any juices from the housing and intake member from commingling with the lubricant in the lubricant chamber.

A cutter bar 44 having reduced end portions 45 mounted in recesses 46 extends diametrically across the intake end of the cylinder II and is provided centrally with an eye or annular portion 41 loosely engaging about the shaft I4. The intake end of the conveyor I has a cutting edge portion 41 adapted to closely engage the cutter bar 44 so that any fruit stems or the like which may enter the housing I8 will be cut oif and in this manner the intake end of the conveyor I5 will not become clogged as it is rotating within the cylinder I I. The opposite or rear end of the housing I8 has a plate 48 secured thereto as by bolts 48 and this plate 48 has a supporting or base structure 50 coacting with the base structure 20 to support the housing I8 on a plane surface.

A second bearing housing 5I is secured to the rear or opposite end of the housing I 8, being secured as by bolts 52 to the outer side of the plate 48. The bearing housing 5I has an outer race member 53 disposed in a recess 54 and an inner race member 55 is secured to the shaft I4 as by a nut 56 which is threaded onto the periphery of the shaft I4. In the present instance, the

anti-friction bearing including the outer and inner race members 53 and 55, respectively, are of a multiple construction including at least two series of balls or rollers 51. Through the use of the multiple bearing structure hereinbefore described, the shaft I4 is prevented from having endwise movement in either direction. The outer race member 53 is held within the recess 54 as by a plate or annulus 58 secured as by bolts 58 to the outer end of the housing 5|.

The plate 58 has an annular extension 68 extending into the annular recess 54 and engaging against the Aouter side of the race member 53. The plate 58 has a lubricant chamber 6I engaging about the shaft I4 and a grease cup 62 is attached to the hub portion 63 of the plate 58 and communicates with the lubricant chamber 6I.

An outer gasket 64 is disposed in the hub 63 and a gland 65 tightened as by bolts 66 holds the vgasket or packing 64 in a sealed position about the shaft I4 and within the hub 63. Anintermediate gasket 61 is disposed in a recess 68 provided in the bearing member 5I inwardly of the anti-friction bearing comprising the race members 53 and 55 and the anti-friction elements 51. A gland 68 engages against the inner end of the packing or sealing member 61, being tightened as by bolts 10.

An inner packing member 1| is mounted in a recess 12 provided in the plate 48, being secured in a sealing position about the shaft I4 as by a gland 13 which is ,tightened by bolts 14. The two bearing members 28 and 5I rotatably support the shaft I4 relaitve to the housing I0 and the packing members 48 and 1I prevent any liquids in the housing I8 from flowing out of the housing along the shaft I4.

The housing I0 at its discharge end has a discharge port 15 communicating as by a segmental slot 16 with the interior of the cylinder II. The discharge portion of the housing I8 has a threaded boss 11 to which a pipe or the like may be connected so that the material forced out of the cylinder II may be conveyed to suitable vats or receptacles.

In order to provide a means whereby the material moved longitudinally of the cylinder II may be quickly forced out therefrom, I have provided an impeller'including a pair of blades 18 integral with a hub portion 18 secured asby a set screw 88 to the shaft I4. Preferably the blades 18 have a deeper pitch than the pitch of the conveyor I5 so that the material in the cylinder II will be forced through the slot or discharge port 16. The rear or discharge end of the conveyor I5 is preferably beveled as at 8|, and the confronting edge of the impeller or discharging member comprising the blades 18 and the hub 18 has a straight beveled edge 82 adapted to overlap the beveled edge 8| of the conveyor I5. In this manner, a substantially continuous surface will be provided over which the material in the cylinder II may pass while at the same time the configuration of the blades 18 is such as to force the material out of the cylinder II. The impeller blades 18 and the eccentrically disposed portion 83 of the housing I8 comprises a pump for withdrawing the material from the cylinder Il and at the same time forcing this material through pipes or the like which may be attached to the threaded boss 11.

In the use of this device, the material which is crushed or pressed is discharged into the hopper 2i and will gravitatingly flow downwardly into the intake member I8 and then will contact with the forward end of the conveyor I5.. At this point, the material is forcibly moved through the cylinder II and any stems or other material such as skins or the like which may be engaged about the forward ends of the impeller will be cut oif by engagement of the cutting portion 41 of the impeller blades with the ilxed cutter member 44. Preferably the shaft I4 isl rotated at a relatively rapid rate so that the pump blades 18 will forcibly throw the liquid and the pulp out of the pump housing 83 and force the material through pipes or the like which may be attached to the threaded boss 11. The use ofthe pump structure hereinbefore described will permit the more rapid and convenient handling of the pulp and the liquid removed from the pulp by a pressing or crushing means.

What is claimed is:-

1. A pump as set forth, comprising a casing, an intake member at one end of the casing, a drive shaft journaled in the casing, a spiral conveyor secured to said shaft within the casing, a cutter bar extending diametrically of the casing and having reduced opposite end portions, said casing having recesses to receive said reduced end portions of the cutter bar, said bar at the central portion thereof having an eye loosely engaging about the shaft and said conveyor having keen portions at the end confronting said cutter bar whereby to cut material engaging the intake end of the conveyor to prevent clogging thereof.

2. A pump as set forth, comprising a. casing, an hold the bar against rotation, an eye at the cenintake member at one end of the casing, a drive trai portion of the bar loosely engaging about the shaft journaled in the casing, a spiral conveyor shaft, said conveyor having keen portions at the secured to said shaft within the casing, a straight end confronting said cutter bar whereby to cut cutter bar extending diametricaliy across the material engaging the intake end of the con- 5` casing, said casing having opposed recesses to veyor to prevent clogging thereof. receive the opposite end portions oi the bar to FRANK F. VICTORIA. 

